Meanings
comparative more ill-advisedly · superlative most ill-advisedly
- In an ill-advised manner.
Then somebody told him that much nearer Dublin was a seaport whence he could sooner and cheaplier embark for Italy, and in ill-advisedly trying to reach Queenstown he did indeed go helplessly astray.
1922 February 3 [a. 1918?], Jane Barlow, “Exiles at Lisconnel”, in The Wells Journal; Somerset & West of England Advertiser; […], volume LXXII, number 5, Wells, Somerset, page [6], column 2Synonyms: inadvisedly, unadvisedly, unwisely
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an ill-advised manner.
Origin
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